Lack of correlation between the location of choroidal melanoma and ultraviolet-radiation dose distribution

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 451-456

  Schwartz, Laurent H ^a   Ferrand, Regis ^b   Boelle, Pierre Yves ^c   Maylin, C ^a   D'Hermies, François ^d   Virmont, Jean ^e  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Faculté de St Antoine   (France)

^d Parvis de Notre Dame   (France)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CHOROID MELANOMA; CORNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030985552     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579502     Document Type: Article

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